Making Abortion Safe, Legal and Accessible: A Toolkit for Action
Law 101: An Introduction to Domestic and International Legal Terms
This glossary and reproductive rights backgrounder is the perfect resource guide for those interested in reproductive freedom but not familiar with complex legal terms. The U.S. and international glossaries are a tool to help advocates and interested readers familiarize themselves with the legal perspective on reproductive rights.
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Bibliography: Adolescent Sexual Health (PDF)
This bibliography is intended as a reference tool, for convenience only. It is not exhaustive, and is not updated on a regular basis. The inclusion or omission of any article, book, website or other source of information does not express any endorsement or opinion of its content by the Center for Reproductive Rights. Finally, all the items listed on this bibliography are publicly available through the publishers and other sources. They cannot be ordered directly from the Center. [Updated 7/06]
From Rights to Reality: How to Advocate for Women's Reproductive Freedom Worldwide (PDF), 2003
This handbook provides tools and strategies that anyone can use to advocate for the reproductive rights of women and girls everywhere. Whether you're going it alone and have limited political experience or you're already familiar with how to effect social change, we believe this guide will help you develop your political voice wherever you may be.
Emergency Contraception (EC): An Affirmative Agenda to Improve Access, July 2003 (PDF)
Legislative advocacy packet on EC topics containing background information, factsheets, talking points, model legislation, statutes and strategy guidelines. Click below for individual chapters.
Female Genital Mutilation: A Matter of Human Rights
An Advocate's Guide to Action
Activists working to stop the practice of FGM should not be without this handbook. This practical guide establishes a framework by which to hold governments accountable under international human rights law and identifies their duties to ensure that women are free to abandon this practice. (Adapted from Female Genital Mutilation: A Guide to Laws and Policies Worldwide.) 2000
To order this publication in English or French please visit our online bookstore.
You can also download this publication for free (PDF).
Using Video to Create Social Change
A resource guide and instruction book for activists who wish to use video for social change. This handbook helps activists locate resources for making a video, such as equipment, training, and funding, and provides filming tips and accounts of successful video activism by other organizations. It also offers a plan for finding an audiance and distrubution for social change videos."
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A Media Handbook for Creating Social Change
An essential guide for social change activists and organizations seeking to create a communications strategy. The handbook explains every step involved in getting a message out to the public, from creating a plan to executing press events to producing written materials. This guide is perfect for activists who are new to working with the media and offers important tips and reminders for those with some media experience. A Media Handbook for Creating Social Change is also available in French and Spanish.
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English, 1999
French, 1999
Spanish, 1999
Researching Reproductive Rights on the Web
With so many resources available on the World Wide web, researchers need a helpful guide such as this one to sift through information and locate the most pertinent facts.
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